What is anti-federalist?

Answer 1

== == Those people who favored ratifying the new United States Constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation were called Federalists, because the new Constitution created a federal type of government. Those people who did not favor ratification of the new Constitution were called Anti-Federalists. Many well known "founding fathers" were Anti-Federalists. Sam Adams opposed the new Constitution until the Massachusetts Federalists agreed to demand a national Bill of Rights to be added to the Constitution. Patrick Henry of Virginia was a noted Anti-Federalist, who changed his mind in later years. He became a strong supporter of George Washington, John Adams and the Federalists' cause.

Answer 2

1. Slavery (specific to the way it should be written in the Constitution)

2. The need for a Bill of Rights

3. Weaknesses in Articles of Confederation (could they be revised to avoid writing a completely new document aka the Constitution? or are they impossible to work with?)

4. Legality of the actual writing of the Constitution (conference was actually supposed to be used to revise the articles, but instead was clandestine and involved the writing of an entirely new document)